WVC 15 - 12 - 4
§15-12-4. Duration.
(a) A person required to register under the terms of this
article shall continue to comply with this section, except during
ensuing periods of incarceration or confinement, until:

(1) Ten years have elapsed since the person was released from
prison, jail or a mental health facility or ten years have elapsed
since the person was placed on probation, parole or supervised or
conditional release. The ten-year registration period shall not be
reduced by the sex offender's release from probation, parole or
supervised or conditional release; or

(2) For the life of that person if that person: (A) Has one
or more prior convictions or has previously been found not guilty
by reason of mental illness, mental retardation or addiction for
any qualifying offense referred to in this article; or (B) has been
convicted or has been found not guilty by reason of mental illness,
mental retardation or addiction of a qualifying offense as referred
to in this article, and upon motion of the prosecuting attorney,
the court finds by clear and convincing evidence, that the
qualifying offense involved multiple victims or multiple violations
of the qualifying offense; or (C) has been convicted or has been
found not guilty by reason of mental illness, mental retardation or
addiction of a sexually violent offense; or (D) has been determined
pursuant to section two-a of this article to be a sexually violent
predator; or (E) has been convicted or has been found not guilty by
reason of mental illness, mental retardation or addiction of a qualifying offense as referred to in this article, involving a
minor.

(b) A person whose conviction is overturned for the offense
which required them to register under this article shall, upon
petition to the court, have their name removed from the registry.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2015 Regular Session
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